if ( int(log($v1)/log(2)) == int(log($v2)/log(2)) ) { #match } #### $ perl -e 'for my $i (1..63) {if(int(log(2**$i-1)/log(2)) != $i-1) {print "$i\n"}}' 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63